Pioneer study of American children's games collected by author throughout eastern half of U.S. at turn of the century. Features 190 games and play situations, full song texts, many melodies, comparison with similar material from other cultures. Entertaining, basic book in the field.

Table of Contents for Games and Songs of American Children

Introductory
I. The Diffusion and Origin of American Game-rhymes
II. "The Ballad, the Dance, and the Game"
III. May-games
IV. The Inventiveness of Children
V. The Conservatism of Children
I. Love-Games
1. Knights of Spain
2. Three Kings
3. Here Comes a Duke
4. "Tread, Tread the Green Grass"
5. I will Give You a Paper of Pins
6. "There She Stands, a Lovely Creature"
7. "Green Grow the Rushes, O!"
8. The Widow with Daughters to Marry
9. Philander's March
10. Marriage
II. Histories
11. Miss Jennia Jones
12. "Down She Comes, as White as Milk"
13. Little Sally Waters
14. Here Sits the Queen of England
15. Green Gravel
16. Uncle John
17. King Arthur was King William's Son
18. Little Harry Hughes and the Duke's Daughter
19. Barbara Allen
III. Playing at Work
20. Virginia Reel
21. "Oats, Pease, Beans, and Barley Grows"
22. Who'll be the Binder?
23. As We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
24. "Do, do, Pity my Case"
25. When I was a Shoemaker
26. Here we Come Gathering Nuts of May
27. Here I Brew and Here I Bake
28. Draw a Bucket of Water
29. Threading the Needle
IV. Humor and Satire
30. "Soldier, Soldier, Will You Marry Me?"
31. Quaker Courtship
32. Lazy Mary
33. "Whistle, Daughter, Whistle"
34. There were Three Jolly Welshmen
35. A Halloween's Rhyme
36. The Doctor's Prescription
37. Old Grimes
38. The Baptist Game
39. "Trials, Troubles, and Tribulations"
40. Happy is the Miller
41. The Miller of Gosport
V. "Flower Oracles, Etc."
42. Flower Oracles
43. Use of Flowers in Games
44. Counting Apple-seeds
45. Rose in the Garden
46. There was a Tree Stood in the Ground
47. Green!
VI. Bird and Beast
48. My Household
49. Frog-pond
50. Bloody Tom
51. Blue-birds and Yellow-birds
52. Ducks Fly
VII. Human Life
53. King and Queen
54. Follow your Leader
55. Truth
56. Initiation
57. Judge and Jury
58. Three Jolly Sailors
59. Marching to Q
60. Sudden Departure
61. Scorn
VIII. The Pleasures of Motion
62. Ring Around the Rosie
63. Go Round and Round the Valley
64. The Farmer in the Dell
65. The Game of Rivers
66. "Quaker, How is Thee?"
67. Darby Jig
68. Right Elbow In
69. My Master Sent Me
70. Humpty Dumpty
71. Pease Porridge Hot
72. Rhymes for a Race
73. Twine the Garland
74. Hopping-dance
IX. Mirth and Jest
75. Club Fist
76. Robin's Alive
77. Laughter Games
78. Bachelor's Kitchen
79. The Church and the Steeple
80. What Color?
81. Beetle and Wedge
82. Present and Advise
83. Genteel Lady
84. "Beast, Bird, or Fish"
85. Wheel of Fortune
86. Catches
87. Intery Mintery
88. Redeeming Forfeits
89. Old Mother Tipsy-toe
90. Who Stole the Cardinal's Hat?
X. Guessing-Games
91. Odd or Even
92. Hul Gul
93. How Many Fingers?
94. Right or Left
95. Under which Finger?
96. "Comes, it Comes"
97. Hold Fast My Gold Ring
98. My Lady Queen Anne
99. The Wandering Dollar
100. Thimble in Sight
XI. Games of Chase
101. How Many Miles to Babylon?
102. Hawk and Chickens
103. Tag
104. Den
105. I Spy
106. Sheep and Wolf
107. Blank and Ladder
108. Blind-man's Buff
109. Witch in the Jar
110. Prisoner's Base
111. Defence of the Castle
112. Lil Lil
113. Charley Barley
114. Milking-pails
115. Stealing Grapes
116. Stealing Sticks
117. Hunt the Squirrel
XII. Certain Games of Very Little Girls
118. Sail the Ship
119. Three Around
120. Iron Gates
121. Charley Over the Water
122. Frog in the Sea
123. Defiance
124. My Lady's Wardrobe
125. Housekeeping
126. A March
127. Rhymes for Tickling
XIII. "Ball, and Similar Sports"
128. "The "Times" of Sports"
129. Camping the Ball
130. Hand
131. Stool-ball
132. Call-ball
133. Haley-over
134. School-ball
135. Wicket
136. Hockey
137. Roll-ball
138. Hat-ball
139. Corner-ball
140. Base-ball
141. Marbles
142. Cat
143. Cherry-pits
144. Buttons
145. Hop-Scotch
146. Duck on a Rock
147. Mumblety-peg
148. Five-stones
XIV. Rhymes for Counting Out
149. Counting Rhymes
XV. Mythology
150. London Bridge
151. Open the Gates
152. Weighing
153. Colors
154. Old Witch
155. The Ogree's Coop
156. Tom Tidler's Ground
157. Dixie's Land
158. Ghost in the Cellar
159. The Enchanted Princess
160. The Sleeping Beauty
XVI. Aftermath
161. Tread the Green Grass
162. Walking on the Green Grass
163. Walking on the Levy
164. Swine-herders
165. Three Kings
166. Knots of May
167. Jail-keys
168. Sailing at High Tide
169. Green Grows the Willow-tree
170. Marriage
171. The Needle's Eye
172. Green Gravel
173. Under the Lily-white Daisies
174. Miss Jenny Jones
175. My Pretty Pink
176. Quebec Town
177. King William was King George's Son
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